Three people, including a woman, have been arrested at a location in Moulvibazar in connection with the murder of Golam Rabbani Tipu, a former councillor of the Khulna City Corporation.
The arrestees are Ritu, 24, of Dewan Mollapara in Khulna, Sheikh Shahriar Islam Pappu , 27, son of Jamal Sheikh of the same area and Golam Rasul, 25, son of Md Haidar Sardar Adu of Madhya Karigarpara.
The accused chose Cox鈥檚 Bazar as a suitable place to carry out the murder, said Cox鈥檚 Bazar superintendent of police Rahmat Ullah at a press briefing on Wednesday.
He said that Sheikh Shahriar Islam Pappu, nephew of Huji Shahidul, a suspected extremist leader of the Purba Banglar Communist Party in Khulna, planned the murder to avenge the 2013 killing of his uncle.
Tipu was allegedly involved in Huji Shahidul鈥檚 murder.
One of the other accused in that case was similarly murdered in 2022, which further fuelled enmity and resentment in Pappu, he said.
Local dominance and influence were also factors behind the killing, the SP said.
After committing the crime, the suspects fled the scene, leaving the weapon behind, which police have since recovered, he said.
Golam Rabbani Tipu, a leader of the Swechasebak League and a former councilor, was shot dead on January 9.
The following day, Tipu鈥檚 brother-in-law Md Yunus Ali Sheikh filed a case with Cox鈥檚 Bazar Sadar Police Station against unidentified people.
